EUROPE CLOSES THE BORDER

A 3 acts story shot for El País Semanal in 2015 and 2016, completing the 2014 "At the Gates of Europe", covering the southern borders, from Africa to Bulgaria. While hundreds of thousands of people enter Europe through the Balkan trail trying to get to Germany or a scandinavian country, the eastern european countries are more and more worried about Russia's expansionism. After Chechenya, Georgia and the Crimea annexation, the Baltic states increase the number of NATO exercises. Poland keeps always an eye on Kaliningrad with its new watchtowers. Finland has the longest border with Russia of the EU, and has developed an expertise in green borders control. Although the finnish are finally facing something they did not expect: 32.000 new refugees arriven in Finland in 2015. A 830% growth in one year.